Asians are slowly proving their mettle on the stage of the Oscars. After the South Korean film Parasite’s incredible show last year, now a few other Asian Americans have stood out in the Oscar nominations that were announced tonight.
Korean-American actor Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American to be nominated in the Best Actor category of the Oscars. He was nominated for the film Minari. His competitors in the category are Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), Anthony Hopkins (The Father) and Gary Oldman (Mank).
On the flip side, Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the first woman of Asian descendant to be nominated for the Best Director Award. She is nominated for the film Nomadland. Chloé Zhao will now compete with Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round), David Fincher (Mank), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman). The Academy Awards event will be held on April 25.
This post was last modified on 15 March 2021 9:21 pm
Nora Fatehi was left stunned as Elle India named her Elle International Artist of the…
The Uttar Pradesh government has tightened verification rules for government job aspirants, barring candidates linked…
Hyderabad is one of the biggest Metropolitan cities in the country and the land prices…
Amritha Aiyer was seen in two films last year. She played Renuka in the Tamil…
Actresses are turning entrepreneurs in a big way. Tamannaah has her jewellery line, Samantha runs…
Janhvi Kapoor finally responded to the Peddi controversy on Koffee with Karan Johar. Calling it…